GREEN, KAY. CHEATING CHEATERS.GREEN, KAY. CHEATING CHEATERS. AUTHENTIC EXPOSE.Green, Kay. Cheating Cheaters. Authentic Expose. Minneapolis, 1944. Pictorial wrappers. 40pp. Illustrated with photographs showing the tricks used in cheating at poker, bridge, three card monte, and other card games, and in dice games. Very good.
DOWNING, C.W. THE CHEATER UNMASKED!DOWNING, C.W. THE CHEATER UNMASKED! INTIMATE SECRETS AN...Downing, C.W. The Cheater Unmasked! Intimate Secrets and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes Exposed. Denver, ca. 1920s. Red pictorial wraps, with author’s portrait. Illustrated. 8vo pamphlet. Pages and cover detached from stapling, bookplate on flyleaf, discoloration and chipping on wraps.
CAMERON, JUDSON J. CHEATING ATCAMERON, JUDSON J. CHEATING AT BRIDGE.Cameron, Judson J. Cheating at Bridge. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1933. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Frontispiece. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. 8vo. Good.
[CHEATING – INSTRUCTIONS] FILE[CHEATING – INSTRUCTIONS] FILE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SHEETS ...[Cheating – Instructions] File of Instructional Sheets for Crooked Gambling Products. Chicago: A.M.A., ca. 1960s. Approximately three dozen pieces, not including duplication, being instructions, some illustrated or diagrammed, for the application of various cheating-related products from the supplier’s line of marked (daubed), trimmed, and luminous cards; dice cleaners, liquids, powder, and boxes; and more. Many stored in original envelope notated in pen.
GAMBLERS’ SHINERS.Gamblers’GAMBLERS’ SHINERS.Gamblers’ Shiners. Including over one dozen tiny mirrors, one attached to a US penny, and another slightly larger mirror. Used by cheats to peek at cards while dealing.
CHEATING MATCH BOX WITH MIRROR.CheatingCHEATING MATCH BOX WITH MIRROR.Cheating Match Box with Mirror. American, [n.d.]. An apparently innocent matchbox conceals a small mirror (“shiner”), allowing the dealer to secretly glimpse cards as they pass over the mirror. One edge of box chipped. Unusual.
PAINTING, TIMOTHY BERRY TimothyPAINTING, TIMOTHY BERRY Timothy Berry (American, b. 1948), "Cheaters," 1993, oil, asphaltum, and encaustic on canvas affixed to panel, signed, titled, and dated verso, gallery label (Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA) affixed verso, canvas (unframed): 60"h x 48"w. Provenance: Purchased from Haines Gallery, (San Francisco, CA) in 1993.
GROUP OF 16 BOOKS ON CHEATING ANDGROUP OF 16 BOOKS ON CHEATING AND FRAUD.Group of 16 Books on Cheating and Fraud. Including The World of Graft (1901, inscribed on flyleaf) by Josiah Flynt, The Spider and the Fly (1873, torn flyleaf) by [Henry William Herbert], The Devil and the Grafter (1907, writing on endpaper, some binding breaking) by Clifton R. Wooldridge, Grafters I Have Met (1905) and Twenty Years of Hus’ling (1887, faded pictorial cover) by J. P. Johnson, The Converted Gambler (1887, small drawing on flyleaf) by Mason Long, Sharps, Flats, Gamblers and Racehorses (1914, front and back cover broken from spine) by A. Dick Luckman, Traps For The Young (1890) by Anthony Comstock, among others. Overall condition fair or good.
TWO VINTAGE BOOKS ON CHEATING.TwoTWO VINTAGE BOOKS ON CHEATING.Two Vintage Books on Cheating. Including The High Art of Gambling (1937) by Sir Anthony and Monte Carlo Secret Service Sealed Book (1925). Publisher’s wrappers. Illustrated. 12mo and 8vo, respectively. First volume with some annotations, else good.
CHIP CUP CHEATING DEVICE.Chip CupCHIP CUP CHEATING DEVICE.Chip Cup Cheating Device. Hollow stack of seven chips used to steal chips from the casino table or as a holdout for a pair of dice. With thirteen matching grey and black embossed $1 chips from the Southern Club.
MUTOSCOPE REEL. BUSINESSMAN CHEATINGMUTOSCOPE REEL. BUSINESSMAN CHEATING WITH SECRETARY.Mutoscope Reel. Businessman Cheating With Secretary. New York, International Mutoscope Reel Co, ca. 1910s. Subject No. 7006. In an office, a businessman cheats with his secretary. The wife bursts in on the couple as they are kissing. 10 ¾ x 3”. Some cards slightly bent, else very good.
“INCOG”, PSEUDO. HOW GAMBLERS“INCOG”, PSEUDO. HOW GAMBLERS CHEAT.“Incog”, pseudo. How Gamblers Cheat. N.p., ca. 1900s. Publisher’s dark gray wraps. 32mo. 20pp. Minor bending of top corners, ageing to pages as expected, else a very good copy. Uncommon.
LARGE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN FIGURINELARGE HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN FIGURINE GROUPING, THE CHE...Style of Capodiomonte, modeled as 3 ladies playing cards with 2 cheating, on Rococo style base.
Maker's mark to bottom base. Small chips throughout.
Issued: 20th c.
Dimensions: 28"L x 19.25"H
[CHEATING AND EXPOSE] A DOZEN VINTAGE[CHEATING AND EXPOSE] A DOZEN VINTAGE AND MODERN BOOKLE...[Cheating and Expose] A Dozen Vintage and Modern Booklets on Cheating and Crooked Gambling. Including The Expert at the Card Table (Frost, ca. 1940s); The Phantom of the Card Table (1976); Marked Cards (1970); How It’s Done (n.d.) by Litzau; Blackjack Exposed (1970) by Miller; Tricks and Traps (Max Stein, ca. 1940s); Don’t be a Sucker (1945) by MacDougall; and others, including reprints of Protection: The Sealed Book and an H.C. Evans gambling and carnival supply catalog. Condition: generally very good.
LOT OF 56 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ONLOT OF 56 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON GAMES AND CHEATING.Lot of 56 Books and Pamphlets on Games and Cheating. 1940s - 1990s? Including Gypsy Talk: Law Enforcement’s Guide to the Secret Language of the American Gypsy by Dennis M. Marlock, Radner on Dice (cover separated from pages) by Sidney H. Radner, Keeping Carnies Honest by Lindsay Smith, Bets You Can’t Lose by Patrick B. Sullivan, Skittle Bowl (writing over title) by “Aurora”, and Riverboat Slick’s Adventures In Gambling: The Complete Collection of Original Manuscripts by Walt Kelly, Poker Faces by David M. Hayano (with dust jacket), and “The Automat” by Sam Cohen, among others. Condition: overall very good, several copies in fine condition.
[JOHNSON, J.H]. BEAT THE CHEAT.[Johnson,[JOHNSON, J.H]. BEAT THE CHEAT.[Johnson, J.H]. Beat the Cheat. Kansas City: B&B Specialties, 1935. Blue pictorial wraps printed in red. Illustrated. 23pp. Near fine copy.
PAIR OF 18TH C OIL PAINTINGS ONPAIR OF 18TH C OIL PAINTINGS ON CANVAS, ITALIAN,UNSIGNED. ONE DEPICTS 3 MEN PLAYING CARDS AND 1 MAN IS CHEATING. THE OTHER SHOWS A MAN WITH A SWORD HOLDING HANDS WITH A YOUNG WOMAN. IN PERIOD GILDED FRAMES. SIGHT SIZE 14" X 19". OVERALL 18" X 23". PROVENANCE: GIFT FROM SUSAN B. PERRY, MIDDLE ST, FAIRHAVEN TO FAIRHAVEN COLONIAL CLUB.
TWO BUG HOLDOUTS.Two Bug Holdouts.TWO BUG HOLDOUTS.Two Bug Holdouts. Cheating devices secretly affixed underneath a card table and used to “hold out” cards from the deck. One a spring steel device, the other homemade from brass and wire. The largest 4 ¾” long.
JOHNSON, J.H. THREE BOOKLETS ONJOHNSON, J.H. THREE BOOKLETS ON CHEATING AT POKER AND D...Johnson, J.H. Three Booklets on Cheating at Poker and Dice. Kansas City, 1932. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Including “Poker to Win” (16pp.); “Stud Poker to Win” (16pp.); and “Dice to Win With Dice” (16pp.). 16mo. Including information on marked cards, hold-out devices, waxes and daubs, magnetic devices, and more. Very good.
Tapestry courting couple in theTapestry courting couple in the garden.
EARLY NEW YORK CARD CHEATING AFFIDAVIT,EARLY NEW YORK CARD CHEATING AFFIDAVIT, INDICTMENT, AND...Early New York Card Cheating Affidavit, Indictment, and Disposition. Three documents dated July 8 - 17 1829. The first a sworn affidavit reading, in part, “Jas. Murray…went down to Prince St. near to Mott St…. to Mr. Tully’s… A number of persons were there playing at cards for money & grog… . Mr. Tully won all or part of it by fraud and cheating.” The second, a Grand Jury indictment, states that Tully “by fraud, unlawful device and ill practice in playing at and with cards with one James Murray unlawfully did win obtain and acquire to himself a large some of money, to wit the sum of Fifty Dollars the property of the said James Murray, to the great damage of the said James….” This document signed by District Attorney Ogden Hoffman, who would go on to be a State Senator from New York and Attorney General of the state later in his career. Between the two is disposition document, indicating that the case was settled before the jurors could render a verdict. Handsomely framed with glass on two sides. Folds, wear, and minor chips evident; not examined out of frame.
COUNTERFEIT VFW BINGO CARD FORCOUNTERFEIT VFW BINGO CARD FOR CHEATING.Counterfeit VFW Bingo Card for Cheating. Duluth, Minn., ca. 1980s. Paper-covered double-ply cardboard bingo card, gaffed in order to allow a cheater to covertly rotate numbers on the board into the slots needed to win. Official state gambling stamp lower right corner. 8 ¼ x 7 ½”.
GAFFED PRISM SHOE.Gaffed PrismGAFFED PRISM SHOE.Gaffed Prism Shoe. Circa 1990. Specially designed dealing shoe allows the cheater to deal the second card from the top at will, and also know the top card’s identity, thanks to a concealed prism. Holds six decks. As new.
A Chelsea Derby figure, The TravellingA Chelsea Derby figure, The Travelling Tailor's Wife astride a Goat, 14cm high, pseudo Meissen cross swords mark in blue
'THE GAMBLERS' UNUSUAL OIL PAINTINGOil'THE GAMBLERS' UNUSUAL OIL PAINTINGOil on canvas painting of young children hiding behind a fence, playing dice when a policeman finds them. Signature and date lower left appears to be C. Pohlman, '97. Measures 40.5"H x 41"W framed; 36"H x 36.5"W unframed.
HOW GAMBLER’S CHEAT, AND THEHOW GAMBLER’S CHEAT, AND THE TREASURE CASKET OF MYSTERI...How Gambler’s Cheat, and The Treasure Casket of Mysteries. Palmyra, Penn.: Diamond, ca. 1890s. Publisher’s pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 12mo. Tearing on spine and edge of back cover, else good. INSCRIBED “with love and compliments of the author.” Uncommon.
Japanese seated man and woman Netsukes.Japanese seated man and woman Netsukes.
Temistocle Lemesi Italian, 1870-1957Temistocle Lemesi Italian, 1870-1957 Cardinals and Monk Playing Chess watercolor on paper signed "Lamesi" lr 14 x 21 in., framed
BRONZE GROUP MAN COURTING WOMANBronzeBRONZE GROUP MAN COURTING WOMANBronze Group Man Courting Woman
A pair of Derby girl and boy figuresA pair of Derby girl and boy figures gold anchor marks some losses.
HARRIERS, AFTER JAKOB HACKERT HandcoloredHARRIERS, AFTER JAKOB HACKERT Handcolored engraving by William Leney depicting a group of Harrier foxhounds, after the original painting by Jakob Hackert for William Beckford, Esq., matted in frame; 27.5"H 32.5"W overall
TWO POCKET WACHESTWO POCKET WACHES
Two works: the chess game and theTwo works: the chess game and the suitor each: unsigned each: oil on canvas. each: 21'' H x 16.75'' W.
Two hand made folk art game boards;Two hand made folk art game boards; one checkerboard with walnut and mahogany inlays, crotch mahogany rectangle with carved parchesi playing surface. Checkerboard 16"Sq.
FORTE, STEVE. POKER PROTECTION:FORTE, STEVE. POKER PROTECTION: CHEATING AND THE WORLD ...Forte, Steve. Poker Protection: Cheating and the World of Poker. Las Vegas: SLF, 2006. Publisher’s pictorial case-wrapped hardcovers. Illustrated. 4to. Scattered annotations and highlighting, else very good.
CARD CHEATS – HOW THEY OPERATE.Moss,CARD CHEATS – HOW THEY OPERATE.Moss, Floyd. Card Cheats – How They Operate. New York: William-Frederick Press, 1950. Pictorial soft wrappers. Illustrated photographically. 8vo. 77 pages. Minor wear along spine.